De jolies cartes de St. Valentin
February 22, 2012
De jolies cartes de St. Valentin de la Seconde et de la Cinquième, le 14 fevrier 2012. Regardez Flipbook!
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Rory Murphy is the February winner of the Student Digital Photo Competition
February 22, 2012
Rory Murphy, 2nd Year Student, is this month's winner of the Student Digital Photo Competition. The theme was "New Beginnings". Click on the photo to see its detail and cleverness. You can also look at the winning photo on the Gallery 2011/2012 section of the school website.
Next month's competition theme is "Reading" and it is part of the school's World Book Day 2012 celebrations on Thursday, 1st March. The deadline is Friday, 9th March 2012. Give your photos to Ms. Mahon or Ms. O'Kelly.
Ms. Mahon
[Photo: Rory Murphy]
Online display of Pupil’s Art Work
February 14, 2012
Throughout 2011, Art students have created a lot of wonderful work in Ms. Mahon's classes. Browse through their work in the two Flipbooks below and see the talent in Stratford College.
Digital Photo Competition: December Winner announced
December 21, 2011
Well done to Carmel Grey (2nd Year) who is this month's winner of the Digital Photo Competition. The theme was "Twilight". You can look at the winning photo on the Gallery 2011/2012 section of the school website or click on the thumbnail.
Next month's competition theme is "Resolutions" and the deadline is Friday, 27th January 2011. Give your photos to Ms. Mahon or Ms. O'Kelly.
Ms. Mahon
[Photo: Carmel Grey]
2nd and 3rd Year Classical Students make quality models for Classics Arts competition
December 15, 2011
Well done to all 2nd and 3rd Years Classical Studies Students. Students participated in a Classical Art competition. They were asked to chose a creature or character from Classical Studies and create a model using toilet roll.
I was so impressed with the high standard of art work and the range of Classical characters chosen. It was very difficult to decide on a winner. Ms. O' Reilly and Ms. Mahon acted as judges and together we reached the difficult decision.
Congratulations to first place winner Ciara (3rd Year) and Sadhbh (3rd Year), Sveltlana and Andrew (2nd Year) who all came in second place. You will see the winning models below. Please visit the Classical Studies room to view all the other models, including a Cyclops, Minotaur, Spartan warrior, Roman soldier, Hydra, 3 Fates, Dido, Helen of Sparta, Parthenon and many more.
Well done to all of you who participated and thanks to Ms. O' Reilly and Ms. Mahon for judging. (Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of image.)
Ms. Donohoe
I decided to do Triton the son of Neptune (G-d of the Sea) because we had just had a recent discussion about him. His bod
y was made out of toilet roll. For his head I got some newspaper and rolled it into a ball. I covered the newspaper with a hanky. To make the hair I used a needle and thread and threaded the wool on.
Ever since 1st Year Classics, I've loved the myth about Persephone being abducted by Hades and forced to marry him in the underworld. When we were asked to make a model of any classical creature I immediately thought of Persephone. I based my idea on a corpse bride. The body is made of toilet roll and her head is made from clay. The material for the dress and veil was from the Art room.
I choose to do Athena because she is one of my favourite g-ddesses. I used a picture of her and stuck it to the toilet roll that we needed to use. I decided to leave it in black and white. To make her robe, I used some old tights and decorated it with some jewellery. I made her staff with a paintbrush and her shield with a sea shell. I decorated both with silver and gold marker. I put a picture of the Medusa on it instead of the owl that is usually shown on Athena's shield.
I chose to make a harpie because I thought it would be fun to make the wings and the feathers. I used two toilet rolls, a few pages of newspaper, and a sheet of Ms. Mahon's crepe paper. I cut a toilet roll in half for the wings and cut out little triangles from a newspaper for the feathers. I covered the harpie in orange crepe paper and used orange pipe cleaners for the arms and legs. For the claws and face, I used tin foil, which is really hard to stick on...I really enjoyed makingmy harpie!
[Photos: Ms.Donohoe]
